Match-scratching attachment for lamps



E. A. MILLER. MATcH SCRATCHING ATTACHMENT FOR LAMPS. APPLICATION FILED TIULY29. 1921.

1,414,995. Patented y 2, 1922.

ATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD A. MILLER, OF DOWNS, KANSAS.

Application filed July 29, 1921.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that EDWARD A. MILLER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Downs, in the countyof Osborne and State of Kansas, has invented new and useful Improvements in Match-Scratching Attachments for Lamps, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive and efiicient means applicable to a lamp body to serve as a match scratcher and holder to minimize the tendency or inclination to scratch matches on furniture, walls and like convenient objects to the injury or disfigurement thereof, the device being such as to be readily applied to a lamp body of the ordinary domestic forms in convenient position for access in connection with the operation of lighting the lamp; and with this object in View the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown "in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view of a match scratcher embodying the invention applied in the operative position to a lamp body.

Figure 2 is a detail view of the same detached.

The device consists of a collar 10 of annular form adapted to fit around the neck 11 of a lamp body or reservoir 12 below the lamp burner 13 which is fitted in said neck, ordinarily being connected therewith by a threaded oint, and a curved or arcuate plate 14 depending from the collar in a position to lie substantially in contact with the surface of the lamp body or reservoir, as shown in Figure 1, with its lower end upturned to form a tray 15, for matches or for burnt match stems, the surface of the plate being roughened or corrugated as indicated to af- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2, 1922.

Serial No. 488,367.

ford an effective match scratching surface.

The arrangement of the device on the lamp body directly under the burner and movable revolubly around the neck of the lamp adapts it to be positioned in the most convenient relation to the lamp to be used as a means of igniting a match for lighting the lamp and practically in the path of movement of the hand of the operator in approaching the lamp to adjust the wick preparatory to applying the lighted match thereto, so that the tendency of the operator to seek a more remote object as affording a surface upon which to scratch the match is minimized and the risk incident to flying sparks when the match is ignited is reduced because of the operation of igniting the match occurring where the path of a flying spark can readily be noted.

The device can he applied to the lamp merely by removing the burner and slipping the collar 10 over the neck of the body or font of the lamp.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new and useful is 1. A match scratching attachment for lamps consisting of an annular collar adapted for engagement with the neck of a lamp body and having a depending curved plate provided with a roughened surface to lie adjacent to the surface of the lamp body.

2. A match scratching attachment for lamps consisting of an annular collar adapted for engagement with the neck of a lamp body and having a depending curved plate provided with a roughened surface to lie adjacent to the surface of the lamp body, said plate terminating at its lower end in a match tray.

In testimony whereof he affixes his signature.

EDWARD A. MILLER. 

